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BLOCKINGQUEUE

Extends Queue, FIFO structure.

Implemented by ArrayBlockingQueue and LinkedBlockingQueue.

Allows any operations to wait until it can be successfully executed. E.g. removing from a queue will be executed until the queue will not be empty.

Due to the above statement, BlockingQueue is thread-safe.

Waiting/blocking means the execution of that thread will be halted until condition is met.

There is no direct implementation, use it through its implementing classes.

EXAMPLE FOR BLOCKINGQUEUE:

The constructors has 2 signatures:

• no argument: the queue is infinite

• integer argument: size of the queue

The offer() and poll() methods have 2 signatures.

EXAMPLE FOR OFFER() AND POLL() SIGNATURES:

The next methods can block the execution by themselves.

EXAMPLE FOR BLOCKED EXECUTION:

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